I have a dear friend who about this time every year begins gloating that not only does she have all her Christmas shopping done, she's made major headway wrapping everything, too. She is one crazy organized individual but perhaps with Halloween behind us, it really is time to start wrapping ...

As an unapologetic lover of pretty dresses, I was really intrigued to have a copy of Famous Frocks land on my desk recently, courtesy of the kind folks at Chronicle Books. In this book, authors Sara Alm and Hannah McDevitt have curated a collection of 20 dresses ranging from the 1930's (Bette...

Back when I was learning how to bake in a professional kitchen, I had a chef say to me, "A good chef never blames the equipment for her mistakes." I agree with her that solid skills can usually overcome any deficiency in the equipment you might have to work with but on the other hand, don't h...

In the penultimate installment of our 12 Days of Giveaways we've assembled a very special set of treats. We've curated four geek fabric assortments, including a steampunk FQ bundle, a sci-fi FQ bundle, a science FQ bundle and an alt-aesthetic fabric bundle. With each of these fat quarter...

Day nine in our holiday giveaway series bring us to one of my favorite new sewing books, The Colette Sewing Handbook by Sarai Mitnick, owner and designer of Colette Patterns. This beautifully crafted handbook features vintage-inspired patterns with simple and elegant details. Each of the ...

It's Day Eight in our twelve days of holiday giveaways, and today we're gifting a copy of the brand new Fabric-by-Fabric One-Yard Wonders sewing project book. Filled with 101 projects you can make with just one yard of fabric, you'll find patterns for all of the fabrics in your stash: quilt...

Day Five of our 12 Days of Giveaways brings us to one of our favorite crafting books by one of our favorite crafty people, Diane Gilleland of CraftyPod. We're giving away a copy of Sister Diane's book Kanzashi in Bloom: 20 Simple Fold-and-Sew Projects to Wear and Give, as well as a fat quart...

For Day Four of our 12 Days of Giveaways, we've decided to send one lucky person a Bamboo Capture digital drawing tablet, a tool that allows artists to draw and create directly on the computer easily as well as to manipulate and correct digital photos and scans of hand drawn artwork. Comme...

To celebrate Day Three in our twelve days of holiday giveaways, we're giving three lucky fabric lovers surprise fat quarter bundles in holiday-inspired fabrics designed by some terrific Spoonflower designers. Printed on our limited edition cotton poplin fabric, these mixed bundles feature de...

Welcome to day two in our twelve days of holiday giveaways! Today we're excited to offer Simplicity's new bias tape maker. Create custom bias tape and quilt binding simply and quickly with this crafting power tool. Comment on this post (or on the link to this post on our Facebook page) to ...